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Intel 6xx Series Reviewed and Benchmarked

Posted by Zonk on from the now-comes-in-sour-cream-and-onion dept.

sebFlyte writes "It's been a long time coming, but Intel's first 64-bit desktop chip (the 6xx series) is here now, and thanks to ZDNet it has been thoroughly tested. The article has the full specs of the new family, explains the benefits of the changes, and also the results of tests on the new chips to establish perfomance boosts for games, photo manipulation and video work, among other things."

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  1. Re:What? No more GHZ? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I personaly thought all the 12 year olds would follow that market plan alot better than their new one... "Well actualy MHZ doesn't really matter when you have a more efficient Processor that doesn't cost as much."

    Bleh... Typical SUV buyer's mentality: "you should buy it cuz it's safer, more beautifully designed, ergonomical, got better brakes, cheaper... but mostly, it's got MORE POWAAAH". Nevermind that it weighs 3 tons and accelerates like a pig anyway...

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  2. TFA's first sentence... by J_Omega · · Score: 0, Redundant

    - although there is, as yet, no shipping 64-bit Windows operating system, which is necessary to make the most of a 64-bit CPU.

    Apparently, a box with a 64-bit optimized linux kernel won't make the most of a 64-bit CPU. =(

  3. Re:Slower? Says who? You? by DrMrLordX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What in the hell does a comparison between the K62-450 and a Celeron 400 have to do with a comparison between the 6xx P4s and Athlon 64s? Do you have any idea how much CPU architectures have changed in both the Intel and AMD lineups since then?

    Good grief.